Wild Lapsang Souchong

About This Tea

Harvested early in the morning on Wuyi Mountain, with the tea trees surrounded by many different plants and flowers in a biodiverse, pristine ecosystem where the air is pure and clean. The highest tree on this mountain is 2158m and are more than 200 years old. " Wild Tea Qi's Wild Lapsang Souchong Black Tea is grown on the mountain of Da’An with an elevation of 900 to 1200 meters. The trees grow here in silence, without artificial interruption, freely grow in a biodiverse environment, carefully picked once a year, and purely handmade. Wild Lapsang Souchong Black Tea is the earliest black tea in the Western world and can be called the ancestor of black tea. Until today, the traditional Lapsang Souchong Black Tea’s processing already has over 400+ years of history. Lapsang Souchong is often seen as a smokey tea, however, in China it hardly ever is. The real high-grade Wild Lapsang Souchong has a unique pine aroma with very unique processing that carries the taste is smooth and sweet, as well as full of the aroma of flower and fruit. We only pick two leaves and one bud by hand, then drying, withering, rolling, and full oxidation. All of these steps are finished manually instead of with machines. The dry tea leaves are dark and bright; The taste is smooth and sweet, as well as full of the aroma of flowers and fruit."